1. Artificially formal
   "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
   - artificial, contrived, hokey [N. Amer]

See also: affected, stiltedly, unnatural

• effectual
• effectuality
• effectually
• effectualness
• effectuate
• effectuation
• effeminacy
• effeminate
• effeminately
• effeminateness
• effeminise
• effeminize
• effendi
• efferent
• efferent fiber
• efferent nerve
• efferent neuron
• effervesce
• effervescence
• effervescent
• effervescing
• effete
• effetely
• effeteness
• efficacious